Sanaa, December 14 (IANS): A high-ranking official of Yemen's Ministry of Defence was killed by the Houthis in the ongoing battles between the militia and security forces in the country's oil-rich provi
New York, December 14 (IANS): The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will on Tuesday take up the long-delayed confirmation process of Eric Garcetti, the incumbent Mayor of Los Angeles, as the US Ambassador to I
Accra (Ghana), December 13 (AP): Ghana will fine airlines 3,500 for each passenger who arrives in the West African country without being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the latest measure taken by the countr
New Delhi, December 13 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday confirmed the UK's first death from the Omicron variant of coronavirus, the first known fatality from the highly transmissible va
New Delhi, December 13 (IANS): Chinese AI company, SenseTime is postponing its big stock market debut after once again getting caught up in tensions between the US and China, CNN reported.
The Chinese artifi
Seoul, December 13 (IANS): Three workers were found dead after an explosion took place at a chemical factory in the South Korean city of Yeosu on Monday, firefighters said.
Fire broke out at 1.37 p.m. at a p
Vientiane, December 13 (IANS): Lao government officials and business operators have been discussing plans to reopen the country to tourists next month with special Covid-19 measures in place.
The online meet
Tel Aviv, December 13 (IANS): Israeli soldiers on Monday killed a Palestinian man, while two others were injured in the West Bank city of Nablus, medics and witnesses said.
The head of the Emergency and Ambu
Gaza, December 13 (IANS): A senior Palestinian official has accused Israel of impeding the process of reconstruction in the besieged Gaza Strip, which is ruled by the Hamas.
Naji Sarhan, undersecretary of th
Riyadh, December 13 (IANS): The Saudi Arabian cabinet has approved the state budget for 2022 with a surplus of 90 billion riyals ($24 billion).
The surplus budget on Sunday comes after years of previous defi
Tehran, December 13 (IANS): The US must lift the sanctions it has imposed on Iran in exchange for its return to the 2015 nuclear agreement, Tehran's chief negotiator said.
One of the main goals of the Vi
Sanaa, December 13 (IANS): A series of airstrikes was carried out by warplanes of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition against the Houthi militia in various areas of Yemen in the past 24 hours, according to a militar
Beirut, December 13 (IANS): Three armed people were killed and eight others injuredin clashes between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Fatah, the two major rival Palestinian factions, at the Burj al-
Peshawar, December 13 (IANS): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group has intensified its targeted attacks on security personnel across the country, after ending a month-long ceasefire agreement.
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Washington, December 13 (IANS): US President Joe Biden has declared that a major disaster exists in the state Kentucky and ordered federal aid for recovery efforts in the areas affected by powerful tornadoes, s
Seoul, December 13 (IANS): Police in South Korea will consider disclosing the identities of not only distributors of sexually exploitative materials but also their buyers as part of efforts to clamp down on dig
Jakarta, December 13 (IANS): The eruption of Mount Semeru in East Java province has raised concerns over the status of other active volcanos across Indonesia, home to more than 270 million people.
After Mt.
Canberra, December 13 (IANS): Visiting South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that the US, China and North Korea agree in principle on declaring a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War and Seoul will
Liverpool, December 12 (AP): The Group of Seven economic powers told Russia on Sunday to de-escalate its military buildup near the Ukrainian border, warning that an invasion would have massive consequences and
Jerusalem, December 12 (AP): An Israeli parliamentary committee voted on Sunday to stop providing personal security for former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife and adult sons, six months after